长难句理解(2)

21. Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. （NMET2002. A篇）

22. Those who could were likely to name a woman. （NMET2001. E篇）

23. In general, women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities. （NMET2001. E 篇）

24.For the most part, interactions between men are emotionally controlled —a good fit with the social requirements of“manly behavior”.（NMET2001. E篇）

25.Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave

a failing marriage, it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.（NMET2001. E篇）

26. Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived peoples belonging to two major language groups. （NMET2001. D篇）

27. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.（NMET2001. D篇）

28. We even have different word for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which Shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing the farming. while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating. （NMET2001. D篇）

29. When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more “Foreign” than France because the German they see on signs and ads seems much more different from English than French does. （NMET2001. D篇）30. Some companies have made the manufacturing of clean and safe products their main selling point and emphasize it in their advertising. （NMET2001. C 篇）

31. After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success, that is, when guests leave the igloo hotel they will receive a paper stating that they have had a taste of adventure. （NMET2001. B 篇）

32. The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees, who can afford the new service, in other words, Shanghai’s c ar rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to the increasing number of white-collar employees.（NMET2001. A篇）

33. That you won’t be for long means it won’t be long before you’ll have to recycle your rubbish. （NMET2000. E篇）

34. These words, I have just made up, have to stand for thing and ideas that we simply can’t think of. （NMET2000.D篇）

35. Picturing(Imagining) the future will serve the interests of the present and future generations. （NMET2000. D篇）

36. Decision thinking is not unlike poker — it often matters not only what you think, but also what others think you think and what you think they think you think. （NMET2000. C 篇）

37. The easy way out isn’t always easiest. （NMET2000. B篇）

38.The hot sun had caused the dough （面团）to double in size and the fermenting yeast（酵母）made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing and it looked like some unknown being from outer space. （NMET2000. B篇）

39. After all, what lively children wouldn’t settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary school work, and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day? （NMET1999. E篇）

40. Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten wear his safety belt—a mistake 75% of the US population make every day. （NMET1999. D篇）